Dee Dee Bridgewater

When John Softness left Manhattan for Miami in 1997, he was 66 with a four-decade run as a legendary public relations maven. Read More

People throughout Belgium are currently celebrating the harmonica player and guitarist Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans, born in Brussels on April 29, 1922. Read More

With his new work, Jazz Miniatures for Double Quartet, Alexis Cuadrado continues to define his compositional voice following his recent impressive works, A Lorca Soundscape and Noneto Ibérico. Read More

Liza Minnelli is the 14th recipient of the Ella Fitzgerald Award, established in 1999 for our 20th anniversary and conferred in recognition of the versatility, improvisational originality and quality of repertoire of a singer renowned on the international scene. Read More

"I will never play with women because they are women," says Carrington, 46. Read More

But celebrated jazz musician and educator Herbie Hancock pulled it off. Read More

Last night I had the honor of attending the First Annual International Jazz Day Concert held at the United Nations hosted by Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas and Morgan Freeman, with ensemble performances by 32 legendary musicians old and new. Read More

Jordan has been selected as a replacement for Grammy Award-winner Dianne Reeves. Read More

Herbie Hancock and scores of other big names in sound, rhythm and improvisation gathered in Paris on Friday to celebrate a new annual event: International Jazz Day. Hancock, a UNESCO goodwill ambassador, is the force behind the creation of a world day of jazz on April 30 starting today. Read More

On Friday night, the 22-year-old singer — who has since moved to New York and signed with a jazz record label — returns to sing two concerts at the Kennedy Center. Read More